July 22, 2025 THE JAXSON | 5 restaurants coming to DowntownA crop of new restaurants under construction have the potential to turn Downtown Jacksonville into the hottest dining destination in…By Mike Field
February 25, 2025 THE JAXSON | How a skate park was built under a bridgeThis is the story of how the Artist Walk Skate Park under the Fuller Warren Bridge was born.…By Mike Field
February 4, 2025 THE JAXSON | When Jacksonville became a Super Bowl cityThese are the lasting effects on Jacksonville of hosting the Super Bowl in 2005.…By Mike Field
January 28, 2025 THE JAXSON | How Downtown’s train station was savedThis is the story of the Station Celebration, a forgotten dispatch that rallied thousands of Jaxsons together to help save…By Mike Field
November 20, 2024 OPINION | It’s time for the Laura Street Trio’s owner to bow outThere’s one constant in each of the failed plans, false starts and continued deterioration of the Trio over the years:…By Mike Field
February 20, 2024 OPINION | Southbank storage units are a bad dealAfter repeated attempts, against significant community opposition, a self-storage proposal for a prime corner in Downtown’s Southbank is back.…By Mike Field
January 16, 2024 OPINION | Changing the urban landscape in 2024In 2024, here are four trends that could permanently change urban Jacksonville for the better.…By Ennis Davis, Bill Delaney and Mike Field
August 30, 2023 OPINION | Time to cut bait on JTA’s driverless Skyway replacementThere are other options for public transit that are cheaper, carry more passengers and are available right now. …By Ennis Davis and Mike Field
July 18, 2023 OPINION | The Downtown jail fallacyIt’s possible to create a much more active and vibrant Downtown Jacksonville even without moving the jail.…By Ennis Davis and Mike Field
June 27, 2023 THE JAXSON | 5 sites from LGBTQ history in Jax’s Urban CoreJacksonville’s LGBTQ history has always been rich and colorful, if often overlooked. Here’s a tour of five sites across the…By Bill Delaney, Mike Field and Ennis Davis
December 21, 2021 OPINION | What Shad Khan gets right – and wrong – about DowntownJaguars owner Shad Khan recently criticized the progress of Downtown revitalization in Jacksonville, saying the area has “gone downhill” over…By Ennis Davis, Bill Delaney and Mike Field
November 23, 2021 OPINION | What hotels can do for Downtown vibrancyA new Home2 Suites in Brooklyn is the latest hotel project moving forward in Downtown Jacksonville. With more hotels in…By Ennis Davis, Mike Field and Bill Delaney
November 16, 2021 OPINION | 5 infrastructure bill projects Jacksonville should pursuePresident Joe Biden finally signed his hard-fought $1 trillion Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act into law on Monday, November 15.…By Ennis Davis, Mike Field and Bill Delaney
November 2, 2021 THE JAXSON | Can townhomes plug Jax housing’s ‘missing middle’?Two new projects in LaVilla and San Marco are creating something in short supply in Jacksonville: urban townhomes. Can they…By Ennis Davis, Mike Field and Bill Delaney
October 26, 2021 OPINION | Why Amtrak should be on Jacksonville’s radarJacksonville stands to be a major beneficiary over the next 15 years as Amtrak plans to add service across the…By Ennis Davis, Mike Field and Bill Delaney
October 20, 2021 OPINION | One Riverside and how to activate an urban sidewalkOne Riverside Avenue, the development planned to replace the former Florida Times-Union headquarters, will likely be up for final site…By Bill Delaney, Ennis Davis and Mike Field